Vowest
Bible Usage:
- vow used 41 times.
- vowed used 18 times.
- vowedst used once.
- vowest used twice.
- voweth used once.
- vows used 30 times.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 12:17
- Last Reference: Ecclesiastes 5:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H5087 Used 2 times
VOW, noun
1. A solemn promisemade to God, or by a pagan to his deity. The Roman generals when they went to war, sometimes made a vow that they would build a temple to some favorite deity, if he would give them victory. A vow is a promise of something to be given or done hereafter.
A person is constituted a religious by taking three vows, of chastity, of poverty, and of obedience. Among the Isrealites, the vows of children were not binding, unless ratified by the express or tacit consent of their father. Numbers 30:2.
2. A solemn promise; as the vows of unchangeable love and fidelity. In a moral and religious sense, vows are promises to God, as they appeal to God to witness their sincerity, and the violation of them is a most heinous offense.
VOW, verb transitive
1. To give, consecrate or dedicate to God by a solemn promise. When Jacob went to Mesopotamia, he vowed to God a tenth of this substance, and his own future devotion to his service. Genesis 28:20.
When thou vowest a vow defer not to pay it. Ecclesiastes 5:4.
2. To devote.
VOW, verb intransitive To make vows or solemn promises. He that vows, must be careful to perform.
Bible Usage:
- vow used 41 times.
- vowed used 18 times.
- vowedst used once.
- vowest used twice.
- voweth used once.
- vows used 30 times.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 12:17
- Last Reference: Ecclesiastes 5:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H5087 Used 2 times